Making one working Nokia Lumia 520 from 2 broken phones.

[DejaVu]

I've been given 2 phones that are identical.

One has been thrown and the battery contacts ripped off. The other has a faulty Sim Tray.
The one with the damaged Sim Tray works great apart from it obviously cannot detect a Sim.

I haven't been able to test the other as the battery terminals are ripped off, but I reckon replacing them should get it working again.

My guess would be easier to remove the Battery contacts and swap them, although I cannot seem to source them from eBay, but I'm not sure of the difficulty removing it.



Thoughts?

[beerman]

Are the pins on the sim tray bent? It looks like it's just the metal surround that's at fault, could that be swapped out easier than the battery pins?

[beerman]

Although
http://stellatech.com/nokia-lumia-52...en,815040.html

[DejaVu]

The Sim Tray hos got 2 missing pins (through the holes).
The thing I'm worried the most about with the Battery contacts is they have been ripped off and I'm not 100% sure if the tracks are intact anymore.

Great find those replacements though, cheers!

[beerman]

well in that case:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Sim-Ca...item5d4d921a1d

[Mobileman]

do you know for sure that the faulty sim tray one hasn't been blacklisted also ?

[DejaVu]

Not for definite, but I'm informed it was sourced from a friend who upgraded - was on a Vodafone contract, but is unlocked (Carrier: CV GBIE).

edit--
Close-ups of damage attached

[Mobileman]

before fooking about id run a checkmend on the imei and make sure number of times i hear that lol

[DejaVu]

before fooking about id run a checkmend on the imei and make sure number of times i hear that lol

Completely agree... Comes up clean.

[DejaVu]

What's the best way to approach getting this thing off MM?

[Mobileman]

Shield off all mainboard and using hot air rework and iron you should be able to remove the sim reader